Clever
Software Engineer (Mid or Senior), School Integrations
Edtech.com's Summary
- Develop and maintain high-performance data pipelines for school integrations.
- Collaborate with Product, Design, and engineering teams to build intuitive UIs and backend services.
- Lead development of microservices, resilient data sync pipelines, and internal architectures.
- Strong foundation in full-stack software engineering with 2+ years of experience required.
- Experience with Go, TypeScript, Node.js, React, and AWS services such as lambdas and step functions preferred.
- Knowledge of batch processing, large-scale data handling, and database/storage systems like DynamoDB, S3, OpenSearch, and MongoDB.
- Responsibility for system stability, including participation in on-call rotations.
- Familiarity with AI coding tools (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor) to enhance development workflows.
- Competitive salary range: $115,000-$165,000 (most US locations) and $126,000-$181,000 (NYC and San Francisco), plus flexible PTO, comprehensive health benefits, mental healthcare, and professional development budget.
- Works within the District Integrations department focused on connecting schools to the Clever ecosystem.
Software Engineer (Mid or Senior), School Integrations Full Description
Clever is on a mission to connect every student to a world of learning. As the leading identity platform for education, more than 111,000 schools worldwide use Clever to power secure digital learning experiences. With Cleverâs layered security solutions, schools can protect access and identities for all staff, teachers, and students. With a secure identity platform for schools and a network of leading application providers, Clever is committed to advancing education with technology that works for students everywhere. Clever, a Kahoot! company, has an office in San Francisco, CA, but you can visit us at clever.com anytime.
About the Team & OpportunityThe School Integrations team at Clever is responsible for the technical foundation that connects schools to our ecosystem of learning applications. As a Software Engineer on this team, you will be a key contributor to the platform that powers Cleverâs products and handles the massive data volumes required to automate account creation for millions of students and teachers. You will work across the full stackâfrom Go microservices to React frontendsâto build tools that ingest school data from various Student Information Systems (SIS). This is an incredible opportunity for an engineer to solve real-world data-scaling problems, ensuring that every student has a simple and secure connection to their learning resources on day one.
How Youâll Make an Impact- The problem youâll solve: You will ensure that millions of users have seamless access to their learning apps by building and maintaining the high-performance data pipelines that power the Clever ecosystem.
- Who youâll partner with: You will collaborate closely with Product, Design, and fellow engineers to build intuitive UIs and robust backend services.
- What success looks like: Success is measured by the delivery of robust, maintainable code and the successful execution of features that simplify complex data connections and transformations for schools.
- Key projects youâll lead: You will develop new features for our microservices architecture, build resilient data sync pipelines, and contribute to the internal architectures that support Cleverâs massive data-processing needs.
- Engineering Foundation: 2+ years of professional experience as a Software Engineer with a strong foundation in software engineering principles and full-stack development.
- Problem Solving: Proven ability to architect solutions for various product and data needs and a track record of leading small projects within a team environment.
- Quality & Reliability: A strong commitment to writing simple, high-performing code that is easy to maintain long-term, with practical experience generating and automating tests (unit and end-to-end).
- Cultural Alignment: A commitment to understand and prioritize the Clever engineering culture (see our blog post on Defining Clever's Engineering Culture).
- Technical Stack: Experience with our tech stack which includes Go, TypeScript, Node.js, and React, using AWS services such as lambdas and step functions, and databases/storage such as DynamoDB, S3, OpenSearch, and MongoDB.
- Data at Scale: Knowledge of batch processing and working with data at high scale.
- System Stability: Comfort with participating in an on-call rotation to ensure the stability of the critical data pipelines that schools rely on daily.
AI Development Tools: Familiarity with leveraging AI coding tools (such as Claude Code or Cursor) to enhance development workflows, productivity, and code quality.
Benefits & Perks- Competitive salary
- Flexible PTO and Paid Parental Leave
- Comprehensive health, vision, and dental coverage
- Mental healthcare services
- Professional development budget
- Annual company retreat + team events
The range of our base salary cash compensation for this role for candidates living in the United States, besides NYC and San Francisco, CA, is between $115,000-$165,000. For candidates living in NYC and San Francisco, CA, it's between 126,000-$181,000. All final offers are determined using multiple factors, including experience and level of expertise.
Inclusion & BelongingClever believes classrooms and our company should be diverse and inclusive. We celebrate actions that build diverse teams, include every voice, and create safe spaces for everyone to bring their authentic selves to work.
Clever does not conduct interviews via text or Telegram. We will never ask for your financial information or reimbursement of equipment of any kind. If you receive any communications regarding employment with Clever that you think might be a scam, please email recruitingscam@clever.com.
If you are a resident of Colorado, please note you have the right to redact your age-related information like age, birth date, or dates of schooling.
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